If a person wants to do something, he always has to have a reason, just like he wants to eat when he is hungry and sleepy to sleep. Even if it feels strange, there are reasons to be scrutinized.

Zhang Song, the black-robed man in front of him, had already "asked for advice" with his own hands, and his strength was too strong, such a figure must have been famous in the rivers and lakes for a long time, so how could he have anything to do with Meng Huaiyang? Take 10,000 steps back, even if Meng Huaiyang inadvertently angered this person, with this person's cultivation, how could he deal with a common person? Unless Meng Huaiyang himself sought death. But how can a person who is alive and well find death by himself?

Zhang Song can't figure it out, he really can't figure it out!

Yan Xingguan seemed to be very satisfied with Zhang Song's performance, and nodded: "Very good, it seems that you haven't forgotten me!"

Zhang Song smiled bitterly: "How could I forget!"

Thinking of the experience of fighting with the other party, Zhang Song was like seeing a ghost, and couldn't help but shudder.

Yan Xingguan stood up and circled around Zhang Song, he looked at Zhang Song and said with a smile: "You are very good, even better than I imagined." I saw that it was dark at night, and I thought you wouldn't come tonight, but I didn't expect you to come anyway. ”

Zhang Song was puzzled: "Did the seniors guess that I would come over?"

Yan Xingguan smiled: "Otherwise, why would my apprentice go to the ring to compete?"

"So, did you deliberately bring me here?" Zhang Song, who learned that he was "in the middle of the scheme", touched the long knife on his waist with his right hand, and his heart was pounding, how nervous and nervous he was. The first time he saw the black-robed man, his heart was filled with shock, so much so that he had forgotten that there was an apprentice on the other side.

However, if the person who killed Meng Huaiyang was really his disciple, then all this could barely be said. But why did they deliberately expose themselves and bring themselves over?

Zhang Song looked behind the black robe, but what he saw was a mask painted with ghosts and gods, which was actually the god of the criminal law in the Southern Tang Dynasty mythology, but now it was worn on the face of the murderer, I have to say that this is an irony.

"Who are you, why did you kill Meng Huaiyang?" Zhang Song suddenly found that there were even more doubts in his heart.

"Your question is very good, why did I kill Meng Huaiyang, this is indeed a question worth exploring. Meng Li looked at Yan Xingguan and saw that the latter nodded slightly, and reached out to take off his mask.

The real murderer who had been searching for him was about to show his true face, and Zhang Song's eyes widened and stared intently, for fear of missing any moment.

Meng Li's technique of taking off the mask was very skillful, and he took off the mask with a slight upward stroke, and Zhang Song was stunned when he saw it.

"It's you! No wonder!

First there was an exclamation, followed by two exclamations. In those two "no wonder" exclamations, a trace of chagrin could be clearly heard.

Hidden under the mask was a young face, a face he would naturally not forget, and it was because of this that he couldn't help but be surprised and couldn't help but sigh. No wonder Meng Jiangxi refused to say anything, now that he thinks about it, the performance of their uncle and nephew that day is indeed suspicious.

Seeing Meng Li's familiar face, Zhang Song's doubts all disappeared, and he seemed to be empowered, and his head suddenly opened.

Meng Li took a deep breath and said, "Now you should know why I killed Meng Huaiyang!"

Zhang Song frowned and said, "As far as I know, Meng Qian has insulted you many times, and you have a grudge, so you killed Meng Huaiyang after you completed the sword study. ”

Meng Li laughed and said, "If that's the case, then why don't I kill Meng Qian as well? Since I can kill Meng Huaiyang with one sword, wouldn't it be easy to solve Meng Qian?"

"This ......," Zhang Song was speechless for a while.

That's right, he can even kill Meng Huaiyang, why do you still keep Meng Qian, after all, it is Meng Qian who really has an enmity with him.

"Maybe you're just delayed by something. Zhang Song thought about it for a long time, and could only think of such a possibility.

Meng Li sneered: "To tell you the truth, I had no intention of hurting Meng Huaiyang, that night he sneaked into my room to sneak attack me, and I had to kill the killer in order to protect myself." ”

Zhang Song said: "You mean, although you killed Meng Huaiyang, it was out of self-defense. ”

Meng Li nodded, "If he hadn't wanted to kill me, I wouldn't have killed him, this is called evil retribution." ”

Zhang Song said: "Although he has malicious intentions, he didn't do it after all, but you killed someone, this is something that cannot be denied?"

Meng Li's face sank, and he said, "You mean you want me to accompany him to the funeral?"

Zhang Song said with a solemn expression: "The law of the Southern Tang Dynasty, killing people pays for life, and it will not be tolerated!"

"What a murder pays for life!" Yan Xingguan suddenly shouted, stared at Zhang Song and said, "What do you think of my martial arts?"

Zhang Song's heart sank, but he was neither humble nor arrogant: "The martial arts of the predecessors are unfathomable, and a hundred Zhang Song together are not the opponents of the predecessors. ”

Yan Xingguan snorted coldly: "You know that you are not my opponent, and you dare to arrest my disciple, you are very bold!"

Facing the threat of Yan Xingguan, Zhang Song inevitably felt panicked in his heart, but thinking of the responsibility on his shoulders and his persistence for more than ten years, his heart became as firm as steel.

Whatever the reason, if the boy kills one person today, he may kill a second person tomorrow, and he must not let it go.

Taking a deep breath, he suppressed the panic that was gradually growing in his heart, and Zhang Song said in a deep voice: "The younger generation enforces the law impartially, and behind them is the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Southern Tang Dynasty and tens of millions of people, how can you not be bold?"

How bold a person is is not determined by a person's courage, but more by the belief in his heart. When a person's faith is strong enough, they are not afraid of death. Zhang Song is such a person, he has been on an errand for more than ten years, and the reason why he has been able to persist is because of his pious heart to the laws of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which is sacred and inviolable, as long as someone makes a mistake, he must accept the punishment of the law, no matter how high your martial arts are, you can't get away with it.

Yan Xing's eyes gradually changed when he looked at Zhang Song, when a person's belief is firm, even if he is mediocre, he can shine. He thought that the other party was just a fool or a madman, but how could he have thought that this fool and madman was still a warrior.

Dare to die for the belief in his heart, what is such a person who is not a warrior?

Yan Xingguan returned to his seat, now he didn't want to continue this meaningless conversation, he put his right hand into his arms, took out an object and said, "What do you think this is?"

Yan Xingguan held a palm-sized copper token in his hand, and three words were engraved on the card: Martial Order!

"This is a military order!" Zhang Song exclaimed, he only glanced at it, and he didn't need to look at the second person, because although this token was known to everyone, no one dared to imitate it.

In the past, the two countries spread martial arts, shocking the world, but they didn't know that the management of martial arts was even more powerful. Martial arts should not be passed on lightly. In order to make the world stable, the Jianjing Division, who was responsible for supervising the military affairs of the world in the Southern Tang Dynasty, was ordered to create a military order.

The martial decree represents the rights of the warriors, and all the sects registered in the rivers and lakes have one, also because only after obtaining the martial decree can they have the right to open the door and teach apprentices. In addition, even if you have strong martial arts, you should not teach them to others.

Those who teach martial arts privately are tantamount to treason, which is a more serious sin than murder. According to well-intentioned people, last year, there were no less than 1,000 martial artists executed in the Southern Tang Dynasty for privately teaching martial arts.

But even so, such incidents continue to be banned. Some warriors who did not pass on the martial arts order worked hard for dozens of faces, and after they were old and decrepit, they did not want to bring their skills into the coffin, and they would take risks if they were not sure.

is not afraid of people to imitate the military order, and naturally there are imprints that people can't imitate. In addition to the three words "Chuan Wu Ling" outlined with an iron pen on the token, there is also a unique seal of the Mirror Division behind the token. The seal is printed in the shape of a plum blossom, and after a careful look, you will find that the plum blossom with four petals is actually four rice grains in the general seal pen small characters: Jianjing Division cast!

Yan Xingguan held up the bronze forged token and sneered: "Since you recognize my token, you should know that my token is not an ordinary martial arts order. ”

Zhang Song was unwilling to say: "I'm not blind, how can I not see such a copper order?"

Everyone in the world knows about the military order, but they don't know that there are also levels of the military order. It is distinguished by different materials, namely green wood, black iron, and copper. The purple copper martial arts order held by Yan Xingguan at this time is the first-class martial arts order with the highest level of martial arts.

Every year in the spring and autumn, the Jianjing Division will hold examinations in major towns, and those who pass the examination will be awarded the third-class martial arts order.

The third-class military order is also the Aoki order, and those who have just entered the rivers and lakes all regard this as face, for the opportunity twice a year, I don't know how many people fight for their heads, and some people work hard all their lives, and they can't even get what they want.

It's like this water town, and for more than ten years, there has only been a military order. Of course, there are reasons for the scarcity of martial artists in the water town, but the key is that the difficulty of obtaining the martial arts order is too high.

It is difficult to pass the martial order, and it is even more difficult to improve the level of the martial order. If you want to increase the level of martial arts, you need to complete the mission issued by the Jianjing Division, and after getting enough martial arts, you will also have to carry out an extremely difficult upgrade mission. If the task is successful, the token can be replaced.

The only martial arts order that was pinched in the hand of the martial arts hall owner in the water town was stuck in the upgrade task, and it is still the lowest-level Aoki order.

Zhang Song dreamed of getting a martial arts order, but as for the first-class martial arts order, he didn't even dare to think about it.

Since the promulgation of the military decree, who can raise the military decree to the first class, who is not an earth-shattering big man?

Let's just say that the cave master of the White Sword Cave has worked hard for most of his life, and in the end, he has not only mixed with the black iron order, but also the higher layer of copper order, and he is afraid that he will not want to count on it in this life.

Who can do what the heads of second-rate sects can't do?

Ever since he fought with the black-robed man, Zhang Song knew that this person was not an easy person, and he might even be a master of absorbing qi with true qi infused with true yuan, but now it seems that he is still underestimated!